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TJBintheOC    104

TJBintheOC
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Milk of magnesia. It always helped.

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Emmasca    2

Emmasca
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It's been over a week since I have had a bm. Passing lots of gas, but nothing else. I was sleeved on March 31st. Basically when I went on purée foods, I stopped having bm. Do I wait it out or try laxatives?

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McButterpants    2,846

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Ya gotta poo!

Metamucil and a good quality probiotic got things moving for me.

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cdeisroth    420

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I went through 2 awful weeks of Constipation. Used dulcolax to finally "go" and then started taking a stool softener daily and haven't had any issues since!

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theladyslipper    120

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Milk of Magnesia & Colace (not peri-colace, which is a laxative & stool softener). From what my doctor said about laxatives, it actually does your body a disservice b/c they start to train the bowel muscles to depend on the laxative--but I think it's more dangerous for continued use than just occasional. I used peri-colace in the beginning twice out of sheer desperation after lots of milk of magnesia, benefiber & Miralax Fiber supplements. I didn't realize that peri-colace was a laxative! The colace stool softer works like magic w/ no cramping or discomfort! Good Luck!!!!

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Leah Mosier    0

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My doctor has me taking colace 100 mg twice per day. Also the nutritionist has added flax meal to my diet. Start with one teaspoon working your way up to two tablespoons per day. She also had me two ounces of warm (must be warm) prune juice before bed. Things are definetly getting better. I was sleeved February 29th.

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Runner1    52

Runner1
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@@theladyslipper Do you use the Benefiber daily? How much?

Thanks!

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UalreadyKnow    843

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Following cuz I'm 7 months out and I am sooooo irregular. Very gassy but that's about all. I was prescribed senna daily but it doesn't really help

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SEVENTYSIXGIRL    51

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My doc recommended either milk of magnesia or glycerine suppositories. I bought both. Didn't want to force anything else in my stomach so tried the suppository. Super easy, worked in like 3 minutes. No pain. Haven't had to use it again.

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jaxmom    644

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I love you all more than I used to love jellybeans... And I LOVED jellybeans. Thank you for these tips... Who else is going, without making teenage boy jokes all these suggestions? No one but fellow sleevers! Da hubby is going out for prune juice now. It's 11:43 at night so if he slips and cracks a potty joke I'm going to forgive him. ;)

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. LeighaTR

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        I hope your surgery on Wednesday goes well. You will be able to do all sorts of new things as you find your new normal after surgery. I don't know this from experience yet, but I am seeing a lot of positive things from people who have had it done. Best of luck!

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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